Projects & Practice

LINC stands for Leader Inspired Network Community, an initiative of Local Action Groups and Network Support Units.

Reducing the cost of renovation works for households lacking essential energy services by bringing together local resources, including people’s skills and time. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Social Inclusion' category.

Many small towns have the problem of vacant sales spaces and an innovative concept  to revitalise city centres is to offer flexible rental options to pop-up shops. This was the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Popular Vote' category.

A newspaper offered training and mentoring, so that local people could become correspondents and give visibility to the daily life of small rural communities.

An inter-territorial cooperation project to support the development of a system for verifying the traceability and the sustainable management of wood from hedgerows.

A family business, with a long-standing tradition of producing denim clothing, used support from the LEADER measure to establish a modern workshop and increase its share in domestic and international markets.

Developing a herd management tool to optimise efficiency and animal welfare on dairy farms.

An innovative concept to revitalise the city centre of an Austrian town by offering flexible rental options to pop up shops.

Investing in extending a cycle lane to promote soft mobility in the commute to work or the school run, as well as for leisure.

A LEADER project that promoted the use of the local natural heritage as a lever for sustainable local development.